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South African exports leaving SA per district office
Date: 30 July 2018 Category: Economics |
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We take a look at South Africa's economic growth rate and compare it to the growth in the Baltic Dry Shipping Index (BDI), which is used as a proxy for measuring dry freight shipped across the globe. The reason we are looking at this index and South Africa's economic growth is the fact that South Africa is a very open economy, with imports and exports amounting to roughly 60% of South Africa's total GDP. Just showing how dependent South Africa's economy is on international trade. And if the Baltic shipping index is to slow down, it might indicate less international trade and slow downs in international economies and could therefore be a leading indicator of future economic activity in South Africa
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Richards bay the customs office that processes the largest value of SA exports
From the graphic below it is clear that Richards Bay processed the largest value of South African exports for March 2018. It is not a surprise though as coal is currently South Africa's single biggest export and Richards Bay has a whole coal terminal set up just to handle and process and exports large volumes of coal from South Africa to other countries (in particular India). There is massive demand in India for coal from South Africa.
The second biggest exit point of exported goods out of South Africa is Durban, with R13 billion worth of goods leaving SA shores via Durban harbour in March 2018. The third biggest exit point for South African goods is OR Tambo international airport with R12.9 billion worth of goods leaving South Africa via OR Tambo. The summary below shows the Rand value of goods that left South Africa in March 2018:
So while its nice to know where goods leave South Africa from. The question is, by what modality is it? Does it leave South Africa's borders by land, sea or air? The pie chart below shows the value and percentage of exports in March 2018 per modality.
- Richards Bay: R 13 728 800 000
- Durban: R 13 062 800 000
- O.R. Tambo Int Airport: R 12 989 400 000
- Cape Town: R 7 257 912 548
- Port Elizabeth: R 7 166 152 856
- Sa Reserwebank: R 7 099 099 883
- Saldanha Bay: R 4 696 490 445
- Beit Bridge: R 4 277 523 267
- Komatipoort: R 4 003 496 480
- East London: R 3 871 837 112
- Kopfontein: R 2 489 216 757
- Johannesburg: R 2 437 132 219
- Pretoria: R 2 373 576 978
- Skilpadshek: R 2 279 083 872
- Groblers Bridge: R 1 942 562 780
- Germiston/Alberton: R 1 432 297 032
- Narogas: R 1 241 240 335
- Maseru Bridge: R 926 902 204
- Oshoek: R 867 877 603
- Vioolsdrif: R 865 460 788
- Cape Town Int Airport: R 826 101 361
- Golela: R 549 579 571
- Ramatlabama: R 421 340 984
- Paarl: R 341 000 554
- Ficksburg Bridge: R 230 434 976
- Pez Inter Airport: R 216 204 688
- King Shaka Int Airport: R 192 820 983
- Caledonspoort: R 185 420 532
- Van Rooyenshek: R 62 693 355
- Mahamba: R 60 557 817
- Pietermaritzburg: R 60 064 962
- Mananga: R 47 672 236
- Jeppes Reef: R 34 635 114
- Upington: R 12 659 539
- Worcester: R 12 247 485
- Mosselbay: R 9 804 813
- Qachasnek: R 7 693 411
- Nerston: R 4 530 742
- Bloemfontein: R 2 364 906
- Stellenbosch: R 388 307
- Oudtshoorn: R 18 535
So while its nice to know where goods leave South Africa from. The question is, by what modality is it? Does it leave South Africa's borders by land, sea or air? The pie chart below shows the value and percentage of exports in March 2018 per modality.
The pie chart above shows that the majority of goods leaving South Africa's borders do so via Sea, with just over 50% of all of South Africa's exports leaving it by sea, then land with around 27% (this is largely exports from South Africa heading to BLNS (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland) countries and South Africa's neighbours (such as Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The summary belows shows the proportion each of the modalities make up to total South African exports.
- Sea: R 49 793 800 000
- Land: R 26 355 800 000
- Air: R 14 224 500 000
- Other: R 7 912 990 852